Coming home always has its traditions and one of these is to hang out with my Jessi, former personal trainer, now big sister. Luana and I went to Bergamo yesterday afternoon (remember the thing about taking the family in small doses?) so, when Jessi asked me to join the Mizuno event, in collaboration with Ready to Runand We run Bergamo, I couldn’t help but go.

First of all, because it was ages since the very last run together, I guess it was some time around the torrid summer 2015 in the streets of Bergamo. Secondly, because running alone, for how beautiful it might be (or actually we say it is) because “you reflect on yourself and you can clear your mind, recharge and shake off” and everything, sometimes it’s annoying. And if it hadn’t been for this event, I wouldn’t have gone running yesterday. So, we went to the Wellness Boutiqueto get Jessica and we go to Torre Boldone, at Gigi’s shop, aka Ready To Run, THE running shop.

We entered, got ready and wore the Mizuno tee, volt and blue (very discreet, right?), the official gear of the event, and I have to admit it, it was my first Mizuno tee (shame on me!)(sorry nike, but you don’t do cool events anymore).

We wait something like one hour for everyone to check it and we set off. I run next to Jessica (read: I am dying next to her, who seems to fly). I look at my garmin and see 5:29 as pace, 5:29! Oh, that 5 really exists, I think in my mind. After one k, Jessi runs faster and I try to keep up, but then set a stable 5:45. After 2K we stop in a park for the first bootcamp (like seriously?) and then we run till the Lazzaretto. Another bootcamp, another hey this 5(ish) is real, and we head back to the store.

So, if 2K at 5 something was hell, 3,5K weren’t better, also because Bergamo and Torre Boldone have their hills (hello biking path Trento-Rovereto-Garda-Bolzano, I’m never gonna betray you again). But there was an incredible amount of energy, contagious, and step after step we made our way back (No, I didn’t stop feeling like running, Kms didn’t fly by, because, seriously, that 5?).

Still, when I noticed Gigi’s shop I was pristinely happy. I think that was my fastest pace (except in case of extreme emergency) for a quite long time. Jessi, Lu (who in the mean time came to the shop to get us back) and I jumped in the car and the real question now was: where are we gonna eat? It’s almost 10PM, so Lu and I head to Toast’Amore, a toast shop downtown (because we are not afraid of carbs) and as good women as we are, we start talking till midnight.

Jessi yesterday night told me I might have some pain in my legs this morning not being your usual pace. Generally, I thought t might have been worse(quote), even though my tibial muscles are sore. -9 days till race day, have you guess which race I’m gonna run?

I'm Camilla, a full time student of International Studies, and a "lost-time" blogger. I love traveling (and mainly road tripping), writing on block notes as they did in the 90s, blogging about everything that goes through my mind, taking photos of food and sunsets, running on panoramic roads and trails, going to the gym when no one is around, biking around the city and drinking coffee with friends. Life is a journey, not a destination... Have A Safe Journey ♥